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Pain relief is an ongoing need for hundreds of thousands of individuals around the world who have been injured or are suffering from painful medical conditions. Many rely on their family doctor for opiate based pain pills, while others seek help from pain clinics. Unfortunately, both of these options often run their course, and for many there becomes a need to find the next chapter in their struggle for pain relief. As we now know, individuals who...
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Are You Addicted? Has addiction taken over your life? Do you want to stop using painkillers, but shame and embarrassment keep you from reaching out for help? You are not alone-millions find themselves in the clutches of addiction. Michael McGee, M.D., an addiction psychiatrist, has treated thousands of people struggling with addiction. His message: You don't need to suffer-you can live a life free of addiction. In this book, Dr. McGee offers a helpful...
4) The Back Pain Solution: A Patient's Guide to Laser Spine Surgery, Minimally Invasive Procedures, an
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Millions of people every year experience back pain. In the past, major surgery was often their only recourse. But today, for 80 to 90 percent of back pain sufferers, long-term relief no longer has to involve complicated medical procedures, extended hospital stays, and weeks of recovery.
In this informative, user-friendly guide, renowned spine surgeon Dr. Michael Hasz explores options for eliminating back pain without surgery or with minimally invasive...
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There are many reasons to limit or in some cases avoid the use of narcotics post-surgically. A history of addiction, allergies to narcotics, or difficulty tolerating the many potential side effects are some of the major barriers to the use of narcotics. We need to create a change in culture where the medical profession doesn't over prescribe narcotic pain medication. Pain after surgery is real even if you have a history of addiction and must be treated....
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Este libro es una herramienta para despertar inquietudes, para conocer mejor el propio cuerpo y ver cómo intérpretes de diferentes actividades artísticas pueden mejorar en su tarea diaria. Es también la llave con la que artistas de cualquier disciplina podrán conseguir un cuerpo más libre, aprendiendo a respirar correctamente, con el fin de que tanto estos profesionales como los espectadores que acuden a ver su trabajo puedan disfrutar íntegramente...
8) Physiotraining: Because We All Want a Better Body, Better Health, Better Life - Even After Injury
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Discover what others are saying about the success of Physiotraining™ in their lives:
Samuel Franklin McCoy Jr. (Professional Mixed Martial Artists and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athlete)
Hollywood, Florida
"After injuring my shoulder, I was told by a doctor that my mixed martial arts career was over and I almost believed him until I met Cristiane. After surgery, she put me through a rigorous program
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Doctors and therapists erroneously view pain as the result of injury or disease. Renowned bodywork teacher and pain therapist Chuck Duff discovered that the ineffectiveness of these beliefs stems from a failure to understand the true origins of pain. His Coaching The Body® system recognizes that pain originates in the brain as a response to danger signals from trigger points that feed the brain's innate protective instinct.
CTB interrupts these...
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In this completely updated edition, Gayle Backstrom, who has FM, and Dr. Bernard Rubin explain and demystify this chronic muscle pain syndrome. Taking into account the latest research findings on fibromyalgia, Backstrom and Rubin seek to educate and assist the layperson in recognizing and treating this condition.
11) Somatic Exercises for Women: Empower Your Body and Mind: Somatic Exercises for Women's Health an
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In a world where women often juggle multiple roles and responsibilities, prioritizing their physical and mental well-being can sometimes take a backseat. "Embodied Strength: Somatic Exercises for Women" serves as a beacon of empowerment, offering a holistic approach to fitness that celebrates the unique needs and capabilities of the female body. From adolescence to adulthood and beyond, women undergo myriad physical changes influenced by hormones,...
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Pain is the number-one reason American visit their doctors, Back pain, muscle aches, arthritis affect millions of people daily, limiting their activities and costing billions in medical care. Much of this suffering is unnecessary. Where It Hurts and Why can help readers take charge of their pain and become proactive in their own recovery. Individual chapters provide detailed recommendations for specific areas of the body, and also instructions for...
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Immediate relief, long lasting effects, and a permanent cure for most back problems, in under 5 minutes a day. After nearly 7 years of back pain, I was able to solve my problem in just a few days. I did this myself, after reading and studying hundreds of things written on back problems, and after countless specialist visits. These are the exact exercises and specific stretches that fixed my back literally in three days, AFTER 7 years of agony, including...
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Get Migraines Under Control! If you're a migraine sufferer, you want to know what you can do to make the pain go away-now! This collection of straightforward tips cuts through the hype about migraine headaches to offer you the simple, scientific truth about how to get your migraines under control. It begins by helping you get a correct diagnosis, and then it guides you to track your own personal headache triggers. Medical treatment is sometimes the...
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Is your body starting to feel the wear and tear of life?
Physical labor and repetitive movements can wear your body down if you don't know how to take care of it. People will tell you that pain is inevitable. That it's a part of getting older. That you need better ergonomics or that you'll have to quit your job. But, it's not true.
In Your Body, a User's Manual, Dr. Laurie shows you that you don't need to live and work in pain. By increasing...
16) Back in Action
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An excellent, informative companion to Sarah Key's widely acclaimed Back Sufferer's Bible, answering all the most commonly asked questions about back pain This question-and-answer format guide offers straight answers to the most commonly asked questions about back pain and the treatments available, with illustrations to help make it even easier to understand. With clear explanations, it answers a range of questions, from the causes of back pain to...
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Back in Control: A Spine Surgeon's Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain is a book that shares the strategies learned by the author during his own journey out of chronic pain. This website is the action plan, which evolved from many patients' successes. It will guide you along a transformative path from suffering to empowerment and vitality.
18) The MindBody Workbook: A thirty day program of insight/ awareness for backpain and other disorders
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WHY WRITING ABOUT YOUR PAIN CAN HELP I realized many years ago that the process that begins with a diagnosis in the office needed to continue and be reinforced at home to be even more effective. I advised patients to go home and keep a daily journal of feelings and emotions. Some did great with this advice. Others found it hard to sustain the effort of writing in a blank notebook after a few days or perhaps a week. So I wrote The MindBody Workbook...
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Your Body Book helps you stay healthy and heal when injured or in pain. It provides information about your body, specifically the musculoskeletal system - muscles, bones, and joints. This self-help health care book includes a head-to-toe review of the body, identifies problems and solutions to decrease pain and swelling, offers health tips and illustrated exercises to restore motion, improve strength, and promote healing. The more you know, the more...
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Two headache specialists offer their innovative Headache Reduction Program, for treating and preventing recurring headaches
Twenty-eight million people in the United States suffer from chronic, recurrent, often disabling headaches-half of them forgoing medical attention in favor of analgesics that do nothing to prevent the next one. In Breaking the Headache Cycle, the authors-migraine sufferers themselves-present the integrated Headache Reduction...
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